Child Care News
Toddle completes 2021 integration and development roadmap just weeks after acquisition of Care for Kids
The Sector - Jason Roberts - January 5, 2021In the wake of the acquisition of well known childcare centre search and comparison platform Care for Kids last month, Toddle has finalised it’s integration and development roadmap which will see a range of exciting new product and technology developments rolled out across both platforms...
Tom Price Childcare Centre a step closer to fruition with contract awarded
The Sector - Freya Lucas - January 6, 2021The Tom Price Childcare Centre, located in West Australia’s remote Pilbara region, is a step closer to becoming a reality, with the Shire of Ashburton Council awarding the contract for design and construction to Pindan at a Special Meeting of Council in late December. To be delivered ...
Shattering words day care boss allegedly told paramedics when boy, 3, was found dead after being 'left in minibus for six hours in sweltering heat'
Daily Mail Australia - Alana Mazzoni - January 6, 2021Devastating details have been revealed about what a day care boss told paramedics when a boy, 3, was found dead after allegedly being left in the business's bus for six hours in sweltering heat. Maliq Nicholas Floyd Namok-Malamoo, known as Meeky, was found still strapped in a baby car seat ...
Bronwyn wins prestigious Perpetual Star Award at Mildura
Mirage News - January 6, 2021Mildura-based Family Day Care Educator Bronwyn Williams has been awarded the prestigious Perpetual Star Award as part of the 2020 Family Day Care Australia Excellence Awards. The national award recognises Bronwyn’s significant impact and contribution to the lives of the children ...
Kangaroo Island child care project for Parndana aims to help more regional parents work
The Advertiser (Adelaide) - Michelle Etheridge - January 5, 2021Families living on Kangaroo Island’s western end face a round trip of more than 100km to drop their children off at childcare, making work a difficult scenario for many young parents. But local mums Stephanie Wurst and Kate Murray say their goal of establishing a local centre is edging closer ...
Have Insiders Been Buying Mayfield Childcare Limited (ASX:MFD) Shares?
Yahoo Finance - Simply Wall St - January 5, 2021We often see insiders buying up shares in companies that perform well over the long term. The flip side of that is that there are more than a few examples of insiders dumping stock prior to a period of weak performance. So before you buy or sell Mayfield Childcare Limited (ASX:MFD), you may ...
45 Mobbs Lane, Carlingford: Childcare centre plans before council
The Daily Telegraph - Joanne Vella, Parramatta Advertiser - January 4, 2021Fears are emerging that a childcare centre for 64 children at Carlingford will compound traffic congestion on a street where a facility already exists. Designcorp Architects has submitted a development application for the childcare centre at 45 Mobbs Lane to Parramatta Council and proposes ...
‘Asleep on the bus’: Daycare death tragedy details revealed
Herald Sun - Grace Mason - January 4, 2021New details into the lead-up of the tragic death of a three-year-old boy, allegedly left on an Edmonton daycare bus for six hours, have been revealed during the committal hearing for one of the people charged with his manslaughter. The Edmonton daycare bus driver jointly charged ...
NSW preschools and LDC services to begin 2021 with $11 million funding boost
The Sector - Freya Lucas - January 4, 2021The NSW Government’s Quality Learning Environments (QLE) grants provide not-for-profit community and mobile preschools and not-for-profit long day care services across the State with funding of up to $15,000 to purchase resources and activities which improve physical or educational ...
Armidale’s Minimbah preschoolers will kick off 2021 with a $570,000 transition room
The Sector - Freya Lucas - January 4, 2021Children who attend Armidale’s Minimbah Preschool from this year will be better positioned to begin the journey to big school with the opening of a new $570,000 transition room, which opens up 25 new preschool positions for families in the rural New South Wales town.
Young children are intuitive urban planners — we would all benefit from living in their ‘care-full’ cities
The Conversation - Christina Ergler, University of Otago - January 4, 2021In an age of climate crisis, unaffordable housing and increasing disparities of wealth, the livability and functionality of our cities are more important than ever. And yet, important voices are missing from urban planning debates — the voices of those who will one day inherit those cities...
Australian childcare review to consider new way for kids to learn
The Courier Mail - Natasha Bita - January 3, 2021Exclusive: Child’s play based on butterflies and building blocks will be a key part of formal early learning under the first curriculum changes to daycare in a decade. The nation’s education ministers will launch a review of Australia’s “early learning framework” this year (2021), to change the way ...
New laws and changes that will affect Australia from January 1, 2021 and beyond
Herald Sun - Shoba Rao, Thomas Morgan and Josh Fagan - January 1, 2021CHILD CARE: The government’s child care recovery package also continues and includes the relaxation of the activity test for families whose activity level has been impacted by COVID-19. It will be extended to April 4, 2021...
20 things Communities@Work loved about 2020
The Riot Act - December 31, 2020As the largest not-for-profit community organisation in Canberra, Communities@Work was in the middle of it all. With sleeves rolled up, its staff worked hard – often in collaboration with other community organisations, government agencies and local businesses to meet our community’s rapidly changing needs...
ACT hit by gastro and respiratory virus outbreaks
The Riot Act - Ian Bushnell - December 25, 2020An upsurge in gastro and a respiratory virus are hitting children in the ACT. The ACT’s Deputy Chief Health Officer, Dr Vanessa Johnston, is urging Canberrans to keep sick children at home and pay particular attention to hand and respiratory hygiene to help reverse a recent increase in both viral ...
